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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says the young man in Aunt Hespa's song was wrong to leave his lover?
(a) Ira Sargent.
(b) Ethan Jordan.
(c) Joel Sargent.
(d) Seth Jordan.

2. What does Caleb Sargent often call Marguerite in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Frenchee.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Girl.
(d) Injun.

3. What is the name of the place where Marguerite and her grandmother end up after they run out of money?
(a) Poor Farm.
(b) Hospice.
(c) Orphanage.
(d) Jail.

4. What is the point of view of the novel?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person omniscient.

5. What is one of the reasons Joel Sargent gives for deciding to sell all he owns to buy this new farm?
(a) The ability to grow more food for the family.
(b) The farmhouse.
(c) The large amount of land as compared to only an acre or two in Marblehead.
(d) The sugar maples on the new land.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the novel begin?

2. What does grit mean as used in Part 1 of this novel?

3. What animal does Marguerite think Dolly resembles in her homespun dress and scoop bonnet?

4. What is a dory?

5. Where does young Jacob sit while eating his midday meal?

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